On Fri, 1 Jan 2021 18:17:32 -0500 Kenneth Parker <sea7k...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 1, 2021, 10:29 AM Kenneth Parker <sea7k...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Since Adobe Flash is going the way of the Dodo Bird, I thought I'd > > check up on Open Source Alternatives, since I have some > > Standalone .swf files (games, etc). > > > > Two came up in my searches, Lightspark (which seems to be, mainly a > > Plug-in), and Ghu Gnash, which I like better, since it works as a > > Standalone Program. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem available in > > Bullseye (and Search didn't find it for Buster either). It DOES > > show up in Stretch, but that's on a different machine than where > > my .swf files are. > > Update: I just installed Stretch in QEMU-KVM in my "Knockabout" Mint > 20 system and was able to install Gnash on it. I did a bit of > research into Gnu Gnash, seeing that it may not be currently > maintained. I wonder if that decision was made before Flash was > going Extinct? > > I don't consider this closed, because of the large number of > Standalone .swf files. But I have something to test and, may contact > gnu.org about Gnash. Take a look at Ruffle, a "Flash player emulator" or so they say. Open source. Available for Windows, Mac and Linux. Haven't tried it myself. No old Flash files laying around to test. https://ruffle.rs/ B
